Faculty Research

Faculty Research Interests

Please feel free to contact any faculty member directly or Dr. Taha Marhaba, department chair, if you would like more information about CEE research capabilities and projects (taha.f.marhaba@njit.edu). Learn more about any faculty member by clicking on their name in red.

	Matthew P. Adams, Ph.D., Oregon State University  (matthew.p.adams@njit.edu) Advanced cement-based materials; corrosion; concrete durability; sustainable construction materials; construction methods and cement hydration; low-carbon concrete; sustainable construction policy; permeability; cost performance; structural performance
	Rayan H. Assaad, Ph.D., Missouri University of Science and Technology  (rayan.h.assaad@njit.edu) Construction automation and robotics; smart sensing; data analytics; artificial intelligence and machine learning; human-machine interaction; intelligent infrastructure systems; construction engineering and management; sustainable development; infrastructure asset management; smart cities
	Yun Bai, Ph.D., University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (yun.bai@njit.edu) Transportation system modeling; infrastructure asset management; intelligent data fusion and data analytics; mathematical modeling; decision support tool development; rail safety and condition monitoring; customization of sensing and artificial intelligence methods and technologies
	Matthew J. Bandelt, Ph.D., Stanford University (matthew.j.bandelt@njit.edu)   Design and modeling of sustainable and durable construction materials; ductile cementitious composites; mechanical and environmental loading conditions; development and application of nonlinear finite element modeling tools; structural performance
	Michel Boufadel, Ph.D., Columbia University  (Michel.boufadel@njit.edu)   Oil spills (offshore and onshore); water flow and solute transport in coastal systems (open water and subsurface); mechanics of spills and effectiveness of remedial methods; sustainability
	Steven Chien, Ph.D., University of Maryland  (chien@njit.edu) Transportation planning; public transportation systems; intelligent transportation systems; transportation systems analysis; dynamic control and prediction; traffic simulation; mathematical and simulation modeling; optimization
	Janice Daniel, Ph.D., Texas A & M University  (daniel@njit.edu) Transportation safety; traffic operations and control; congestion strategies; adaptive traffic control; urban freight movement and work zone analysis; roadway safety of vehicle occupant areas with pedestrians and bicyclists
	Branislav Dimitrijevic, Ph.D., New Jersey Institute of Technology  (dimitrijevic@njit.edu) Performance-based transportation planning and programming; travel demand and land use modeling; decision support systems for traffic operations; incident and congestion management; connected vehicle applications for personalized mobility management
	Yuan Ding, Ph.D., New Jersey Institute of Technology  (ding@njit.edu) Pneumatic fracturing process; stochastic modeling in groundwater; dynamic fracturing of soils; radioactive waste; brownfields; waste recycling; water and wastewater treatment; microhydrodynamics; combined sewer overflow and soil erosion
	Fadi A. Karaa, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology  (fadi.a.karaa@njit.edu) Underground utilities systems; water and wastewater infrastructure planning; I&I intelligent control systems; contract bundling and optimization; multi-hazard flood coastal resilience; engineering and construction project intelligent systems for performance management
	Mohammad Khalid, Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University  (mohammad.khalid@njit.edu) Construction data sensing and analytics; end-user programming; human-technology (computer/AI/robot) interaction; ergonomic safety assessment; wearable robots; neurocognition; and workforce development
	Oladoyin Kolawole, Ph.D., Texas Tech University  (oladoyin.kolawole@njit.edu) Experimental and computational geomechanics; biogeomechanics/biogeotechnics; underground engineering infrastructure (natural and built environment); geohazard mitigation and remediation; subsurface energy systems and resources; thermo-hydro-chemo-mechanical coupled processes in geomaterials; mining engineering
	Walter Konon, M.S.C.E., City University of New York  (konon@njit.edu) Construction engineering; cleaner wick system for in-situ removal of contaminants from soil and groundwater; infrastructure remediation and repair; vibration criteria for landmark structures and historic buildings; construction safety
	Joyoung Lee, Ph.D., University of Virginia (jo.y.lee@njit.edu)   Cellular vehicle to everything (C-V2X) system; vulnerable road user safety; intersection traffic signal control; traffic operations and congestion management; simulation modeling; digital-twin; big data analytics; deep learning; generative AI
	Taha Marhaba, Ph.D., Rutgers University (marhaba@njit.edu) Impact of raw water quality on drinking water treatment; development of analytical techniques for rapid pollution detection and delineation in raw water treatment processes and nanotechnology for water treatment
	Jay N. Meegoda, Ph.D., University of California, Davis  (meegoda@njit.edu) Remediation of contaminated soils; sediments and ground water; mineralization of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS); shale gas extraction and shale softening; reuse of food waste; engineering properties of contaminated soils
	Thomas Olenik, Ph.D., Rutgers University  (olenik@njit.edu) Environmental regulations and storm water management; site plan development; hydrological modeling; water resources planning; site improvement standards; state standardization and regulations
	William Pennock, Ph.D., Cornell University  (william.h.pennock@njit.edu) Coagulation; flocculation; sedimentation; media filtration; fluid mechanics of water treatment; lead sensing and corrosion control; technology development for low resource applications; modeling of conventional drinking water treatment
	Patrick Borges Rodrigues, Ph.D., University of Southern California (patrick.borgesrodrigues@njit.edu) Construction robotics; human-robot interaction; industrialized construction; construction technologies; human factors engineering; virtual reality; augmented reality; building information modeling; construction engineering and management; engineering education
	M. Ala Saadeghvaziri, Ph.D., University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign  (ala@njit.edu) Structural engineering; nonlinear response of structural and mechanical systems under extreme multi-hazard events; infrastructure resilience; application of new materials; and sustainable development of infrastructure; engineering education
	Sunil Saigal, Ph.D., Purdue University (saigal@njit.edu ) Computational mechanics; nanotechnology-composite structures; computational cardio-mechanics and orthopedic biomechanics; computational models for nonlinear soil behavior; behavior of glass-polymer composites; explicit algorithms for high velocity impact
	Lazar Spasovic, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania  (lazar.spasovic@njit.edu) Intermodal freight transportation; brownfields redevelopment for freight-related uses and the cost of congestion; optimizing container port operations; freight demand forecasting; incident management strategies; traffic simulation
	Arjun Venkatesan, Ph.D., Arizona State University (arjun.venkatesan@njit.edu) Fate, transport and remediation of emerging contaminants (e.g., PFAS); novel analytical and monitoring approaches to assess human and environmental health risks from contaminant exposures and drug use; water quality
	Methi Wecharatana, Ph.D., University of Illinois  (wecharatan@njit.edu) Structural mechanics and materials engineering; fracture toughness; fiber reinforced concrete; modeling predictions of fracture resistance; cement composites; crack growth of portland cement mortar
	Wen Zhang, Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology (wen.zhang@njit.edu)   Environmental nanotechnology; photocatalysis; reactive membrane filtration; and sustainable nanomaterials for water treatment; disinfection and renewable energy production; nanoscale characterization of nanomaterials or reactions